A few days later, Li Xianzhi sent a post to the governor's yamen, and Governor Jin approved it for three days.

In the blink of an eye, at noon on this day, Li Xianzhi brought his poems and the box of Song edition books, and rode a horse to the governor's yamen.

Menzi saw that there was a lantern with the word "Li" hanging on the car, and hurriedly greeted him. Li Xian got out of the car, took out a broken silver weighing about seven or eight coins from his sleeve and rewarded Menzi.

Menzi smiled all over his face, bowed his waist and thanked him, and said, "Mr. He has already ordered, let the little one lead Li Gongzi in." ”

After speaking, he turned back to lead the way, followed by Li Xianzhi, and two subordinates followed with boxes. After entering the mansion, as soon as Fang passed through the main hall, he met He Tai'an.

Li Xianzhi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed. The two exchanged pleasantries, and He Tai'an sent the door to lead the way, and personally led Li Xianzhi to the side hall to wait.

Entering the side hall, the two sat down, and the servants served tea. After finishing the tea, He Tai'an saw the box on the ground, so he pointed and asked with a smile: "Isn't this what Lord Futai sent to your mansion, why did you bring it again?"

Li Xianzhi said: "A few days ago, my father sent some small things to the Yaya, and I wanted to thank Lord Futai for his kindness, but I didn't expect to return them all. Not only that, but the adult gave back a box of Song edition books. Everyone knows that this Song version of the book is every inch of money, how can I be greedy for this big bargain, so I will think about returning things to their original owners in the future. ”

He Tai'an said: "In this way, I have to talk more."

Li Xianzhi hurriedly said: "Listen to the advice."

He Tai'an said calmly: "I have been following adults for ten years, and I know very well what kind of person he is. Over the years, I have never seen him accept a trace of others, nor have I seen him give gifts and climb favors. Today, I think it must be because I have taken a fancy to your character and want to have sincere fellowship. This is a great face, if you send it back, it will be a blow on his face, which is really inappropriate. ”

When Li Xianzhi heard this, his heart became uneasy, and he said, "This box of books is too expensive after all."

He Tai'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "You can accept it with peace of mind, look at this situation, Lord Futai is bent on promoting you, and when it is done in the future, you will repay it as soon as you send it."

Li Xianzhi said in a panic: "If this is the case, it will be difficult to repay in this life."

The two talked again, and Governor Jin sent someone to call Li Xianzhi, and told He Tai'an, saying that there were some tight official documents to help him see.

He Tai'an got up to say goodbye and left, and Li Xianzhi sent two subordinates who came with him to carry the box of books back to the house, and he came to the study to see Governor Jin.

Out of the side hall, turn the verandah, and go to Governor Jin's study. Before entering the door, Li Xianzhi threw himself outside the threshold and kowtowed a few times.

Governor Jin got up and called Li Xianzhi to get up and enter, and ordered the little servant to serve refreshments and fruits.

Li Xianzhi excused himself: "The students don't dare to bother."

Governor Jin said: "It's okay, it just happens that the master's belly is empty, so you can eat some indiscriminately with me."

Li Xianzhi took the order and sat down.

While waiting for the refreshments, Li Xianzhi showed the teacher the poems he had written recently. Governor Jin unfolded it and looked at it, and said: "It's a lot better than the last time, it seems that you are indeed very talented, and in time, you will become a great tool."

Li Xianzhi said: "Thanks to the teacher's praise, but if you have achieved something, it is also good for the teacher's advice."

As he was talking, a few small fish rushed in and set a table full of fragrant tea, dim sum, walnuts, and dried tofu.

Governor Jin sat down first, and then let Li Xianzhi sit too. Envy thanked Xie for sitting on the side of the prime minister.

Before the tea was halfway through, Governor Jin suddenly said: "A few days ago, the imperial court's mansion reported, and it said that the imperial court had sent some imperial history to all parts of the world. Today, another of my students who served as the imperial history of the Imperial Court in the Imperial Procuratorate surnamed Zhou Mingdao Zi Chunren sent a letter, saying that he had learned the Tao of Shaanxi, and had changed his license plate in the Yamen of the Political Division. ”

Li Xianzhi left the table and said respectfully: "The student has written it down." ”

Governor Kim let him still sit.

Not long after, after eating tea, Governor Jin talked with Li Xianzhi about writing poems and essays, taking exams, and learning from ancient and modern times. At dusk, the slanting sun shines into the golden light from the window lattice, and the study is immediately sprinkled with gold.

Li Xianzhi saw that it was getting late, so he got up and said goodbye.

Governor Jin sent him to the door and went back.

Li Xianzhi went out of the house, and there was already a scholar Li Ruyi waiting in a carriage. Li Xian got into the car, and Li Ruyi shouted and went home.

Along the way, Li Xianzhi lifted the curtain and looked out, but saw the sunset on the horizon, the yellow sand on the ground was golden, it was magnificent, and the mood arose, so that the coachman stopped the horse, got off the car and boarded a high-rise building on the side of the road to look at it.

It wasn't until the sunset submerged into the mountain and there was only a fiery red cloud left in the sky that Li Xianzhi got into the car again under Li Ming's urging.

When he returned to the house, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and after Li Xianzhi saw his father, he went back to his room to study.

Because he was worried about Governor Jin's words, Li Xianzhi studied harder and harder, and every ten days, he still went to the mansion to ask for advice.

After a month, at the time of the day, Li Xianzhi was reading the articles of the high school jinshi in the room in previous years, Li Ruyi crawled in and said: "The governor yamen is coming to deliver a message, Zhou Xuedao is coming, please go and greet him together."

Li Xianzhi didn't dare to disobey, so he changed his clothes and left the house and went to the governor's yamen. As soon as Fang got out of the car in front of the door, he saw a group of military attachés dressed in scarlet and green robes, wearing black yarns, and embroidered with leopards and biao on their chests.

Li Xianzhi Bai Ding, who had never seen such a battle, did not dare to offend the official authority, nor did he dare to enter the mansion, but only ordered Li Ruyi to take the carriage back to the house first, and lead the horse to pick it up at night.

Li Ruyi received the order and beckoned the carriage to go home, while Li Xianzhi stood far behind the shadow wall and waited.

Not for a moment, I heard seven gongs in the distance, and I saw a pomp and circumstance, when the first two soaps held two gold plates, the left side of the book "patrol according to the imperial history", the right side of the book "Admiral Xuecha", followed by two flour cards, the book "quiet, avoid", and then behind is a green velvet sedan chair, followed by more than a dozen platoons of military service waiting.

Li Xian thought: "This person must be Zhou Yushi."

At this time, the officials immediately stepped forward and surrounded the sedan chair. It turned out that the rules at that time were that the imperial court sent the Taoist imperial history to the local government, not only to manage the study and administration, but also to inspect the local military and political affairs, and to impeach immediately if there was something unright. Therefore, wherever the imperial historians went, the local officials, whether they knew each other or not, always greeted each other with a smile and made friends with their hearts.

The sedan chair stopped, the sedan chair man pressed the sedan chair, Zhou Yushi came down from inside, only to see him with a white face and a slight mustache, about thirty years old, born with a slender figure, gentle and elegant.

Zhou Yushi straightened the black veil on his head, dusted off the six-grade cyan official robe on his body, held the silver belt with both hands, and kicked a pair of foundation official boots.

When the officials who greeted them saw it, they all bowed and saluted, regardless of their rank.

Seeing this, Li Xianzhi didn't dare to step forward, but still stood in place.

Zhou Yushi was held in the middle by everyone, bowed slightly, and replied: "Thank you for your greetings." I will go to meet the teacher first, and then I will talk to you in detail. ”

After that, he ordered all the entourages to wait, and only ordered a personal servant to follow him with a long wooden brocade box, and walked straight to the house with everyone away.

A group of officials immediately followed Zhou Yushi and walked inside.

Li Xianzhi was staying where he was, and he didn't know what to do, and suddenly felt that someone was pulling his sleeve, and when he looked back, it was a small guy who was waiting for Qing'an by Governor Jin's side. for he often gave him some loose pieces of silver. Therefore, this Qing'an is quite close to him.

At this time, Qing'an was waiting in front of the door, and when he saw Li Xianzhi standing there at a loss, he asked, "Why is Li Gongzi here?"

Li Xianzhi said: "Lord Jin sent someone to inform me that Zhou Yushi, who was the inspector of the school, had arrived, and asked me to come to visit, I didn't want to meet so many officials, so I didn't dare to rush into it."

Qing'an said: "Son, come with me." Let's talk about it, and lead the way.

Li Xianzhi followed. The two of them turned to a small door with a chain lock on the east side of the house, Qing'an took out a key in his arms, stretched into the lock hole and twisted left and right, and then heard the sound of "Kata", the lock opened, and a lot of dust was shaken off.

Entered the small door, but when I arrived at the door of Dongyi, I saw seven or eight civil officials wearing cyan official robes waiting under the door, some of them were birds on their chests, and some were like the same as the imperial history of Zhou.

These officials blocked the door tightly, and their eyes looked out of the main hall. At this time, I heard a noise, and Zhou Yushi led the way in.

These officials in front of the door also immediately flocked to greet them. Li Xianzhi took the opportunity to follow Qing'an into the instrument gate. Turning the corridor, passing through a small door in the back corner of the wing, you will come to a small courtyard with some miscellaneous items.

Qing'an led Li Xianzhi into a hut and said, "I don't dare to lead you into a meeting without an adult's orders." This courtyard is where the little people live, and at this time they are all waiting outside, and no one disturbs them, but they are just wronged children. ”

Li Xian's way: "Don't get in the way, you are trying to be clean."

Qing'an said: "The son will rest his feet first, and the little one will go to report to the adult."

Li Xianzhi thanked him: "I'm tired."

Qing'an said: "Son, please sit down." After that, he quit.

After a while, Qing'an approached Governor Jin and bowed: "Lord Yu, Master Li is here, and he doesn't dare to come in for fear of rushing into the car of Lord Yushi."

Governor Jin said: "It's okay, it was I who called him to meet with Zhou Yushi, let him in."

Qing'an promised to bring Li Xianzhi to the small courtyard to see him.

Li Xianzhi saw Governor Jin, knelt down and kowtowed. Governor Jin ordered him to be flattened.

Before Li Xianzhi got up, Zhou Yushi had already arrived at the door, and when he saw Governor Jin, he knelt down outside the door and gave a big salute: "Student Zhou Chunren has seen his teacher." After that, he bowed a few more times.

Li Xianzhi saw Zhou Yushi making a big salute and was busy hiding behind the door.

Governor Jin went out in person and helped Zhou Yushi to get up. A group of civil and military officials gathered outside the door and saluted Governor Jin together, and Governor Jin ordered them all to get up, and said: "Everyone, go to the hall to have some refreshments, and when Benfu and Zhou Yushi talk about the old friendship between teachers and students, let him come out to meet the princes."

The officials bowed down to the promise, and went to the front hall to divide the civil and military, discuss the officials, and sit down in the New Year's teeth, drinking tea and chatting.

However, it was said that Governor Jin entered the door with the hand of Zhou Yushi, and Li Xianzhi hurriedly flashed out and said: "Li Xin, a grass man, has seen Master Xuetai."

Zhou Yushi was stunned for a moment when he saw him abruptly, and asked Governor Jin, "Who is this, how can he be in the teacher's room?"

Governor Jin laughed and said, "Don't worry, sit down first, and wait for me to talk to you slowly."

The three of them sat down, and the little guy Qing'an offered fragrant tea, and after changing it three times, Governor Jin said to Zhou Xuetai: "Xianzhi is the son of Li Yuanwai, a big local businessman, who has read the book of the saint since he was a child, and has quite a lot of achievements, and cherishes his talent for his teacher, so he is included in the door, speaking of which, he is your junior brother."

When Zhou Xuetai heard this, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly got up and said: "If you can be looked at by the teacher, you must be talented and disrespectful!" Disrespectful! ”

When Li Xianzhi heard these flattering words, he was extremely uneasy in his heart, and said: "The blessings of the student's hundred generations of cultivation are worshiped under the teacher's door, and I am really frightened."

Zhou Xuetai said: "Virtuous brothers, don't be humble, the teacher's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he will never look at people away." After a long time, the virtuous brother Huan Hai was proud, and he had to carry each other. ”

Li Xianzhi didn't know how to answer, and Governor Jin interjected: "What Chunren said is reasonable, according to the teacher's opinion, in the future, Xianzhi's fame is far above you and me, or the position of Zaifu is unknown."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Xuetai and Li Xianzhi were both surprised. Zhou Xuetai was just a false praise for the teacher's face, but he didn't want to lead the teacher to talk so much, so he was a little surprised and suspicious.

Li Xianzhi knew that his talent was not high, but he was so respected by the teacher, and saw Zhou Xuetai looking noncommittal, he was very ashamed in his heart, sat down for a while, got up and saluted Governor Jin: "Zhou Xuetai is coming, civil and military officials are all coming to greet him, and he must put down a banquet to entertain him.

Governor Jin thought about it for a while, so he didn't shirk it, and said: "In this case, you can go, but don't be too extravagant, let Mr. He go with you, write down the receipt, and come to the yamen to exchange the silver in the future."

Li Xianzhi hurriedly said: "Deal with the matter in front of you first, don't be in a hurry about the silver." After that, he said goodbye to Zhou Xuetai and went out.